Hose holder



3 1941- R. E. LIVINGSTON 2,243,387 I HOSE HOLDER Filed March 13, 1939INVENTDR HTTURNEE'E.

ROBERT ll LIVINGSTUN- Patented May 2?, 1941 UiiiTEQ artist? @FE EQEApplication March 113,

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in holders and has particularreference to a holder for securing hose, such as garden hose, and aholder through which the hose may be carried from place to place.

A further object is to produce a device of this character which iseconomical to manufacture, one which may be readily employed, and onewhich will help to preserve the hose when not in use.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my device as the same would appear inuse;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig.1; and

Fig. 3 is a rear end elevation of Fig. 1.

Rubber garden hose deteriorates very rapidly if the same is left uponthe ground; and, therefore, it is customary to coil the hose in orderthat the water may drain thereout during the coiling operation. Afterthe hose is coiled, it lifted bodily and deposited over a projectingbracket. There are also hose reels upon the market which accomplish thesame purpose.

My invention, however, consists of a very simple arrangement wherein thesame is placed upon the ground upon its side, and the convolutions ofthe hose are laid therein.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration isshown a preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be noted that mydevice consists of a wire bent upon itself to form spaces A, B, and Cbetween horizontally disposed arms 5, 6, l, and 8. A handle is shown at9; and a hasp, at N. This hasp is pivoted to the arms 8, and when in thefull line position of the figures, engages hooks l2 formed in the end ofthe handle 9. In use the hasp l I is swung Serial No. 261,654

(Cl. est-45) open, and the end of the hose is laid through the space Cat the point E 3. The next convolution is indicated at It, and in asimilar manner each convolution is placed in its space until one sectionhas been filled. Then the convolutions are increased in size and thenext space filled. Finally, the space A is filled; then the hasp isswung to its full line position, and the hose will be retained asindicated in the drawing.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and thatvarious changes relative to the material, size,

. shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted 1 to Without departingfrom the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A hose holder, comprising a wire bent upon itself to form a,plurality of spaced horizontal loops in vertical alinement, a hasppivoted to the outer end of the lower loop and straddling the loopsabove, and a handle pivoted to the wire at the rear of the upper loopand removably connected to the upper end of the hasp.

2. A hose carrier comprising a wire formed into a vertical loop andcontinuing around said loop to form a plurality of horizontal spacedloops in vertical alinement, a hasp pivoted on the outer end of thelower loop and straddling the loops above, and a handle pivoted to thewire at the upper end of the vertical loop and removably connected tothe upper end of the hasp.

3. A hose holder comprising a wire bent upon itself to form a lowerhorizontal loop and a plurality of spaced horizontal loops thereaboveextending out beyond a vertical line through the outer end of the lowerloop, a hasp pivoted to the outer end of the lower loop and extendingupwardly on the outside of the loops above, and a handle pivoted to theinner end of the upper loop and removably connected to the upper end ofthe hasp.

ROBERT E. LIVINGSTON.

